{"id":3063,"date":"2008-12-17T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-bulls-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-17T07:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T12:54:00","slug":"clippers-bulls-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-bulls-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Clippers-Bulls Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>United<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Zach Randolph had 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Clippers over the Thunder 98-88 on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> covered as 5-point road favorites as the game played under the 198-point total listed by sportsbooks. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ben Gordon led <st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with 25 points in its 110-101 overtime loss to <st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Tuesday night. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Charlotte<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 1.5-point home underdogs as the teams played over the 189.5-point total set by oddsmakers. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Los Angeles<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-17 SU, 10-14 ATS <br \/>Chicago: 11-13 SU, 11-13 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Los Angeles most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 4-6<br \/>Before playing Indiana are 3-7<br \/>After playing Oklahoma City are 4-6<br \/>After a win are 2-8<\/p>\n<p>Chicago most recently:<br \/>When playing on Wednesday are 5-5<br \/>Before playing Boston are 10-0<br \/>After playing Charlotte are 4-6<br \/>After a loss are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>LA Clippers are 7-1 SU in their last 8 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of the LA Clippers last 6 games when playing on the road against Chicago<br \/>LA Clippers are 13-3 SU in their last 16 games when playing Chicago<br \/>LA Clippers are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games when playing Chicago<br \/>Chicago is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago&#8217;s last 6 games when playing at home against LA Clippers<br \/>Chicago is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games when playing LA Clippers<br \/>Chicago is 2-7-1 ATS in their last 10 games when playing at home against LA Clippers<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/>LA Clippers at <st1:State><st1:place>Indiana<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Friday, December 19<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Friday, December 19<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at United Center. Odds aren&#8217;t yet posted for this game, so check back later for the opening line and total. Zach Randolph had 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Clippers over the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/clippers-bulls-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clippers-Bulls Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}